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10 Jul 2024: In 1965, the College was founded by the University of Cambridge with a single building: Bredon House. At its inception, the College was home to six students; today, it is changing the lives of almost 1,000 postgraduates, mature undergraduates and

10 Jul 2024: David’s main professional interests are in strategy and planning for the efficient and effective provision, support, and delivery of Information Services in the University of Cambridge’s Schools of Arts and Humanities and School of Humanities

10 Jul 2024: Facilities A-ZAccommodation and housekeepingInformation about College accommodation can be found on our accommodation webpages. Details regarding housekeeping and cleaning schedules can be found on the housekeeping pages.

10 Jul 2024: WRE encourages researchers to find creative ways to speak about their research to people who are not necessarily experts in their field, along with how to expand their own intellectual curiosity.

10 Jul 2024: Founded in 1965 as "University College", Wolfson was initially only for postgraduate students, and was located in a single house with just a dozen rooms and a long, narrow garden that ran from Selwyn Gardens to Barton Road.

10 Jul 2024: Ian Cross started out as a concert guitarist before becoming absorbed into academia by way of a BSc and a PhD at City University, London. He joined the Faculty of Music in Cambridge in 1986, moving from an unestablished position to become an

10 Jul 2024: Karen has a BSc (Hons) in Physical Education and Sports Science and an MSc in Sports Science from Loughborough University. She is also a CYQ Advanced Gym Instructor, level 3 and a qualified and experienced hockey coach. She lectured in Sports

10 Jul 2024: Paul also works as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in the UK National Health Service and was previously Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Imperial College London.

10 Jul 2024: Peter held an EPSRC Leadership Fellowship from 2010-2014 and a Royal Society University Research Fellowship from 1999-2007. He took his PhD in Edinburgh in 1995, supervised by Robin Milner, before which he studied Natural Sciences and Engineering in

10 Jul 2024: Over the last 20 years, he has led large-scale biological programmes at BAS of up to 30 people with science ranging from gene expression through cellular and animal physiology to

10 Jul 2024: A legacy gift provides for the people and causes you care most about. ... security, and helps us invest in our people today and for future generations.

10 Jul 2024: What is a Director of Studies?Each student at the University of Cambridge is allocated a Director of Studies (DoS), who is responsible for their academic work and progress in a particular subject. The majority of the Wolfson Directors of Studies are

10 Jul 2024: Stephen studied at the University of Aberdeen, Leeds Conservatoire, and Goldsmiths, University of London, before completing his AHRC-funded PhD at City, University of London. He initially came up to Cambridge to take up a postdoctoral position

10 Jul 2024: For information on what to expect, please visit our What Happens at Formal Hall page.

10 Jul 2024: Wolfson offers admission to the following undergraduate subjects and our mature students study in a wide range of disciplines.

10 Jul 2024: Registration is open for Wolfson's Mentoring Programme.Within the Hub, entrepreneurship is understood in the broadest sense, encompassing traditional business entrepreneurship (eg taking a patent to market, creating a new service or app); social

10 Jul 2024: This year's shortlisted competition finalists will pitch their business ideas to a panel of experts during a day of presentations and networking.The teams in the final all have at least one current University of Cambridge student or an alumnus/a

10 Jul 2024: Noel studied the Natural Sciences Tripos in Cambridge (1994-1997) specialising in Materials Science and then going on to complete his PhD in Cambridge. He then spent two years working for the US Department of Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

10 Jul 2024: All students who were able to travel home have done so. I thank them for being so understanding about our concerns for our community and for taking our advice to leave.   

10 Jul 2024: Rudolph's initial appointment in Cambridge was in 1972 as Assistant Director of Research in the Department of Medicine (Fenners) which is now known as the Deptartment of Public Health & Primary Care. His research interest soon became fi

10 Jul 2024: Chunxiao received her bachelor’s degree in Preventive Medicine from Shandong University and a master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Peking University in China. In 2018, she started her PhD at Cambridge under the supervision of

10 Jul 2024: College timeline1965 University College was founded by the University of Cambridge, as a graduate college, admitting both women and men as students and Fellows. John Morrison was appointed President and the list of 28 Founding Fellows published in

10 Jul 2024: Kevin Greenbank completed a PhD in History at Wolfson in 1998, writing a dissertation on the introduction of apartheid in Cape Town. Since finishing his degree he has worked as the Archivist at the Centre of South Asian Studies. The Centre is a

10 Jul 2024: Professor Salje heads the Pathogen Dynamics Group in the Department of Genetics.He is also an adjunct Assistant Professor within the Department of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of Florida.

10 Jul 2024: John qualified in medicine from the University of Glasgow and did his post-graduate training in Addenbrookes Hospital. He has been involved in medical education since qualifying in 1979 and became a Fellow of Wolfson College in 2001. His research

10 Jul 2024: Ivor began his engineering education in South Africa and completed it with a PhD from Christ’s College in 1976. He then worked in industry for 11 years before returning to the Whittle Laboratory to work on a short-term research project. The wo

10 Jul 2024: After getting a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge, Ann worked for Unilever Research for two years and then did the Diploma in Computer Science at Cambridge. She started doing research in Natural Language

10 Jul 2024: We offer a range of conference facilities for groups of 10 to 150 delegates in our modern conferencing facility. In addition to the purpose-built Chancellor’s Centre, we have rooms across the campus that range from the traditional wood-panelled

10 Jul 2024: As this is a new system, there may be instances where people with a Raven login are not able to login.

10 Jul 2024: Conrad is a former experimental particle physicist turned publisher, initially at Nature and Academic Press in London and then, for most of his professional career, at Cambridge University Press. There he was responsible for physical sciences books

10 Jul 2024: Tom held the following positions during his career:

10 Jul 2024: Jeremy worked for most of his professional career at Cambridge University Press, with successive roles as editor, editorial director, managing director and chief executive.  Since retirement he has published several books in the fields of natura

10 Jul 2024: Peter graduated in Medicine from the University of Birmingham and pursued a career in academic cardiovascular medicine including a period as a Medical Research Council Trvelling Fellow to the Baker Institute in Melbourne Australia. He came to

10 Jul 2024: Professor M Cristina BicchieriProfessor Sir Leszek Borysiewicz FRS FRCP FRCPATH FMedSci The Rt Hon The Lord Collins of Mapesbury PC FBAMs Marie-Anne ConinsxProfessor Suzanne Cory AC FAA FRSProfessor David Crystal OBE FRC

10 Jul 2024: Keep up to date on College life, from the latest research of our members to the academic and athletic accomplishments of our students.

10 Jul 2024: Markus graduated from the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany) in 1996, got an MSc from Purdue University (Indiana) in 1997, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge (England) in 2002, all in Computer Science.

10 Jul 2024: We encourage all alumni and potential mentors interested in joining the WES network to contact us and potentially join the Enterprise 2023 network of experienced Judges and Mentors. If you are interested in getting involved or staying informed about

10 Jul 2024: Postal servicesEach student has a pigeonhole (or 'pidge') for mail, which should be checked frequently. Mail is not routinely sent on to students living out of College, but in special circumstances arrangements can be made at the Porters’ Lodge

10 Jul 2024: Sally is an Affiliated Researcher in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, a Research Associate in the Centre of Development Studies, and a Research Associate in the Needham Research Institute. She is also Director of Civilizations in

10 Jul 2024: Richard began his career as a School Master, teaching Physics and Computer Science to pupils in the 12-18 age range before moving into IT within the UK HE Sector. Richard was the IT Faculty Support Manager at Imperial College, London before moving

10 Jul 2024: Tom is a generalist international lawyer, whose research interests include boundaries, law of the sea, use of force, investment protection, international trade, procedure of international courts and tribunals, legal history, law and technology, and

10 Jul 2024: Laura studied History at undergraduate level at Durham University before graduating with a Master’s in Information and Library Management from the University of Northumbria. She began her career in academic libraries at Durham delivering

10 Jul 2024: University and College FeesDetails of University and College Fees and funding opportunities are given on the respective pages in the Postgraduate and Undergraduate Study sections. For information on how to pay your fees, including how to pay from

10 Jul 2024: We invite applications from people who are dedicated to community service, social development and effective advocacy within and for British Muslim communities.

10 Jul 2024: Martin graduated MB BCh BSc (Med) from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Shortly thereafter he left South Africa and after a few years of medical practice he joined the MRC Population Genetics Research Unit in Oxford. When the unit

10 Jul 2024: John was an undergraduate in Cambridge before moving to the Oxford Clinical School. After qualifying he worked in clinical posts in London before returning to Oxford where he undertook a DM in renal physiology, further clinical training, and

10 Jul 2024: Wolfson SocietiesParticipating in a society can be a very valuable way of getting to know your fellow students and play a role in the College community. It can help to relieve stress and provide an outlet to balance your academic life. If you can't

10 Jul 2024: Richard is a Chartered Engineer and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.  After a period working for an engineering consultancy he has pursued an academic

10 Jul 2024: Room cleaningAll residential rooms on the College site are cleaned once a week by members of the housekeeping team, with the exception of the Family Flats. This room cleaning service forms part of the conditions of living on site.The team will not

10 Jul 2024: consultant psychiatrist with the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.; he was co-founder of the award-winning Cameo early intervention team for young people who experience a first episode of psychosis.